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Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark
History of Dental Implants
In 1952, in a modestly appointed laboratory in the university town of Lund, Sweden, Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark had a lucky accident -- what most scientists call serendipity. Much to his irritation, Dr. Brånemark discovered that it was impossible to recover any of the bone-anchored titanium microscopes he was using in his research. The titanium had apparently bonded irreversibly to living bone tissue, an observation which contradicted contemporary scientific theory.
His curiosity aroused, Dr. Brånemark subsequently demonstrated that -- under carefully controlled conditions -- titanium could be structurally integrated into living bone with a very high degree of predictability and, without long-term soft tissue inflammation or ultimate fixture rejection. Brånemark named the phenomenon osseointegration.
The first practical application of osseointegration was the implantation of new titanium roots in an edentulous patient in 1965. More than thirty years later, the non-removable teeth attached to these roots are still functioning perfectly.
What Are Dental
Implants?
What Are The Benefits
Of
Dental Implants?
Are Dental Implants Safe?
Who Is A Candidate For
Dental Implants?
How Long Does It Take?
Is There Pain?
Stages of Implant
Treatment
History of Dental
Implants
Cost Of Dental Implants
Why do Dental Implants
cost so much?
Implants ARE a
Prosthesis
What Types of Prostheses
are Used With Dental
Implants?
Types of Dental Implants
What Is a “No Bone Solution”?
Are Dental Implant
Successful?
How do I Maintain My
Dental Implants?